tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post113763344750097018..comments2023-10-02T09:40:54.779-04:00Comments on Yet Another Comics Blog: Review: It's SupermanDave Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392905720500587211noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1138011517802268762006-01-23T05:18:00.000-05:002006-01-23T05:18:00.000-05:00Joe Gosh is another DeHaven title (the only one I'...Joe Gosh is another DeHaven title (the only one I've read). It is also about a superhero (in sort of a "young adult fiction" sort of way.) It certainly made me want to read more. To half.com!Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679456592657711270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1137812537102801892006-01-20T22:02:00.000-05:002006-01-20T22:02:00.000-05:00Funny Papers is actually set around the late 19th/...<I>Funny Papers</I> is actually set around the late 19th/early 20th century. It's about the people around the start of the newspaper comic strip. It's a brilliant book. The two sequels (for it is a trilogy) are <I>Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies</I> (about the start of the comic book industry), and <I>Dugan Under Ground</I> (about the 60s underground comics) are also perfect books. They mix the fictional charactesr with the real people. They are just so good it's hard for me to explain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1137719499605230882006-01-19T20:11:00.000-05:002006-01-19T20:11:00.000-05:00Yes, Anonymous, I'm perfectly aware that Superman ...Yes, Anonymous, I'm perfectly aware that Superman first appeared in 1938.<BR/><BR/>My point was that, in setting his story in the past instead of doing a modern retelling--like most adaptations do (see <I>Smallville</I>; <I>Superman: The Movie</I>; John Byrne's <I>The Man of Steel</I>; <I>Superman: Birthright</I>; etc.), De Haven manages to make the story fresh again.Dave Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392905720500587211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1137718231071217032006-01-19T19:50:00.000-05:002006-01-19T19:50:00.000-05:00You said the book lends a freshness to the origin ...You said the book lends a freshness to the origin story of Superman by setting it in the 1930's. Well, Superman first appeared in 1938. Get with it, man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1137694881803150212006-01-19T13:21:00.000-05:002006-01-19T13:21:00.000-05:00You intrigued me enough to see if our library syst...You intrigued me enough to see if our library system owned It's Superman (we don't). The only 2 DeHaven's we own are"Sunburn Lake"- 3 stories from 1936, 1960s, and 2028 and "Funny Papers" set in NY 1995. <BR/>I'll put them on the fiction displays for patrons!RedheadFangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03130452058774732168noreply@blogger.com